paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
What to make for a friend's birthday when she already has everything she needs? Ice shot glasses, for sure! It was only -16 C last Sunday, so I put the shot glass molds fairly early to give them enough time to set (10 a.m. on a weekend is early for this bird). When I removed… Continue reading shot glasses for birthday toasts
We're stuck in Tuk! And ice-sculpting is the current prescription for preventing cabin fever. We arrived safely in Tuktoyaktuk around 4:00 on Wednesday after 5 slow, bumpy hours on the Ice Highway (pix to come later). It took about an hour of waiting around at the North Mart until we got through to the cell… Continue reading ice lenses meet tuktoyaktuk light + snow
The properties of garbage pail plastic: not so stretchy. The properties of water turning to ice: a phase change that releases lots of energy, and needs to expand. I know that. A friend recently promised to teach me how to use a chainsaw on a block of ice. Though the promise was made "under the… Continue reading ice 1, plastic 0
November and December 2008. Through some stroke of luck, Vancouver artist Nicole Dextras and I were both artists-in-residence in Dawson City, Yukon, through the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC). We hadn't met previously, so I was delighted to discover that Dextras makes eco-sensitive ephemeral artworks, and that many… Continue reading Nicole Dextras: ice typographies
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